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Please “calm down”, the divorce from January 1 of next year will be an extra step! The Ministry of Civil Affairs has recently adjusted the marriage registration procedures and added a “cooling off period” to the divorce procedure, which has sparked extensive discussions in the community. Some people think that the reflection period is the “guardian of marriage”, while others think that it is an “obstacle to freedom” and can become a “window risk period” or even a haven for domestic violence. .
Does the cooling off period of divorce really make divorce difficult? In fact it’s not. For one thing, the divorce cooling-off period only applies to divorce by agreement enforced by the civil affairs department, and does not apply to disputed divorce. In other words, not all divorces require a 30-day cooling-off period. If the marriage breaks down due to derailment, domestic violence, gambling, drug abuse, and other illegal activities during the divorce process, and court mediation is invalid, the divorce will be granted.
On the other hand, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has already indicated the legislative purpose of establishing a reflection period for divorce. Increasing the cooling off period for divorce is primarily aimed at increasing frivolous divorces. Although the law guarantees the freedom of divorce, the dissolution of the marriage is by no means “one chance and two breaks”. It will involve all aspects of the married family. Adding a cooling-off period can give couples who have been recklessly divorced a chance to save their marriage or to repent.
In short, establish a period of reflection on divorce, use legal means to oppose reckless divorce, and guarantee freedom from divorce. The 30-day cooling-off period for divorce stipulated in the Civil Code only slightly extends the deadline for divorce by agreement and the threshold for divorce has not been raised. In fact, the relationship between husband and wife has been broken and the “medicine of regret” of marriage during the reflection period of divorce can be completely eliminated.
Producer: An Chuanxiang
Planning: Li Jieqiong and Li You
Text: Cai Fei
Video Production: Chen Zheng
Editor: Dong Lu Xu Ke
